Italian scientists have released 130,000 common octopuses (and counting) to fight blue crabs that have proliferated in parts ...
The effort, called Octo-Blu, aims to strengthen a native octopus population rather than introduce a new species ...
From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive crab species that has devastated local fisheries.
Atlantic blue crabs have moved into the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, where they are a problem both for ecosystems and ...
Octopuses are incredibly clever creatures. They can open jars, solve mazes and even use tools. One species, the common ...
Around 130,000 common octopus paralarvae, or newly hatched octopuses, have been released into waters off Italy as part of a ...
They change shape and color, and squirt ink. But they also will return your gaze, "as if they're scrutinizing you." ...
Photographs taken off Berry Head, Devon, show a common octopus wrapping its arms around the dorsal fin of a Risso’s dolphin.
Octopuses are fascinating animals—and serve as important model organisms in neuroscience, cognition research and developmental biology. To gain a deeper understanding of their biology and evolutionary ...